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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I ask this out of actual curiosity about your mental process.

Why did you list a school that you had never seen?[/quote]

I admit, I'm curious about your mental process too. Not really curious, because it doesn't seem like it would be very complex, but, a little curious about the type of woman who thinks they are so well-prepped for elementary school.

If you must know, we ranked it high for geography, and because it is well-regarded by the people I know who have children who go there.

I would still want to tour it before sending a kid there. 
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Clearly everyone has the luxury of taking days off from work to tour every school on the Hill at the designated open houses. But you and I know the truth. The snarky poster to whom you replied doesn't have to take days off from work; she just needed to find time to leave the house and go to the open house. She'd not last 2 weeks in your life or mine. Ignore her. 
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I'm the "snarky" poster, and my question was genuine. I didn't take "days" off work. I took a couple mornings off to go to 4-5 open houses, then I went back to work and stayed late. I also went to a couple of evening and weekend open houses, but found those less helpful in gauging a school's climate than the daytime ones. If we'd gotten into somewhere that I'd only seen in the evening/weekend, I would probably have wanted to see it during the daytime as well, but that wasn't how it worked out for us.

We also ranked high for geography, but did actually go to every school we listed before the lottery closed. I wanted to be able to make a decision when we got the results easily, without scrambling for last minute tours. I also wanted to see the way that schools presented themselves during recruitment events like open houses and official tours because I think that the attention paid to outward facing image is important, particularly in my part of the city where more affluent families are hesitant to engage with their neighborhood schools.[/quote]

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